02287nam 2200589Ia 450 991078633640332120200520144314.01-283-65875-51-61149-417-6(CKB)2670000000277706(EBL)1042726(SSID)ssj0000756794(PQKBManifestationID)12306862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756794(PQKBWorkID)10769471(PQKB)10895807(MiAaPQ)EBC1042726(Au-PeEL)EBL1042726(CaPaEBR)ebr10612143(CaONFJC)MIL397125(OCoLC)845246825(EXLCZ)99267000000027770620120612d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History[electronic resource] /F.P. LockNewark University of Delaware Press ;Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Groupc20121 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-416-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Note on References; Preface; 1 Numbers; 2 Time; 3 Place; 4 Population; 5 War; 6 Religion; 7 Money; 8 Books; Index; About the AuthorGibbon's History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal. Literature and historyNumbers in literatureSymbolism of numbers in literatureRomeHistoryEmpire, 284-476HistoriographyLiterature and history.Numbers in literature.Symbolism of numbers in literature.824.6Lock F. P774437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786336403321The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History3761481UNINA